DID YCtf '.Telephone your classified ad for. the Sunday's Statesman:. A null mrl 4 t' i The r Diversity Edition of 'the? Oregon SUtesmaVwlU be released Thtrrsday, February 28thJ l-s,,,i-.;vHvvi before 8 p.m. will insure prop- (85 I MS i V SEVEgmjillux; YEAR - :llf lilDIITSlORDE llUflQUJCIRTnill npa axJio Talk, Contain Appeal u Mmencan- people to 'TO tngunng Work of First President aIl AT v NATIONS CHIEF m' .K " : J qoress Given . in--. White nouse study at Request : of Rotarians j WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 I lvs ... 'res- uB(-.Uqoiase,. la a radio address del,?ered tonight from 'the White House; combined Vleh5 a tribute to Washington an appeal the Am erican people to accept the re sponsibilities and continue the sacrifices necessary "to 'make en during the Institutions -which Washington founded. ( ' Mr. Coolldge described the part played by Washington in the founding of the American govern ment and declared he accomplish ed the results "by accepting groat responsibilities and making great sacrifices." ( "If we are to maintain the in stitutions which he founded, if we are to improve what he created, "we must be like-minded with him; we must continue to accept respon sibilities, we must continue to make sacrifices," the, president Baid. "Under all the laws of God and man there Is no other way." , ; Talks in Study ' ' The address was delivered by the president in his study in the White House and was tuade by in viution of the internVtlonal Ro tary clubs, members of which re cently acked that the president de liver an addrcsstoday in anniversary-f thV foundincof rotarlan- "Each ; year the birthday of George Washington' gains wider acceptance as 'being" of more' na tional significance," Mr. CooIIdge said. "In far-off lands people are observing this day;' by taking thought of the qualities that gave Washington'., his foremost ' placo among the truly great. They are drawn to this man by ' his . calm j and clear judgment, by his abound ing courage and by his unselfish devotion. Beyond that which' was ever accorded to ally otner mbrtal, he holds rank as It soldier, states man and a patriot. Others may have excelled him in some of these qualities, but no one ever excelled him" In this three-fold greatness. "Yet, Washington,- the v man, incenis to stand above them all. We can best' estimate him by not Identifying him with some high places but by thinking of him ins one of ourselves. When all detailed description faUs, if is enough to sky he was a" great man. He had a supreme" endowment of character. 1 f V Life Was Preparation . No one can think of America without thinking of Washington when we look back over the course of history before his day, it seebis as though It had all been a prep aration for him and his time. When we consider events ' since then we can see a steady, growth and? development of the ideals "which he represented as the insti tutions which he foundedi world wide in extent. The principles which he fought to establish have become axioms of civilliatlon. 5 It might also be said that the prog ress which peopled have made ha aneasured by the degree with which they have accepted the great poli cies which he represented. ; j 'It Is not possible: to compress a great life into sinfcle sentence. We look upon Washington's the exponent of me nf "l. Wolhink of some as having estab lished the independence of Ameri ca t Wo associate his name with fiberty and freedom'." We say that he wL a BreatMntluetace in he JSdpt".! of the constitution oftbe United States. All ttoe aro tcrcd around principle of ; (Continued on page JHE WEATHER .-. ' '-, ' 0RE0ON: Rain S 1 u ' AJ; derate southeaHterly'wlnds. LOCAL WEATHER , . . ; (Friday).; - i; ".. i jjaxinYutf temperature. SO.1?; ' i Minimum I temperature, River, 3.3. '.. v" ' j.-'F." Rainfall. .1 inch. v Atmosphere.' partly cloudy, ; : " "iVind.-weiit. ' -i - ffl Ik; I I I LI ffl Il lllfll iA;ltt Lin 1 1 iiLi vv vmriiM REVIlGIIMS Divorced' Husband of Granddaughter Says He Killed Mrs.4 Mummey and Set Fire-to' Hbusp Because of Way TKey Treated Baby -Tells Sheriff Killing Was Planned for'Long Time ' EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 22. The mystery of the death of Mrs. Laura Mummey, 75, by shotgun wound or fire; the previous wounding of her husband, Jbshua Mummey,, 75, a veteran of the Klondike gold rush, and the burning of their home at Seattle Heights near here early Wednesday was ex plained late today when Carl Ryberg, divorced husband! of a granddaughter of Mrs. Mummey, is alleged by Sheriff James McCulloch here to have made a confession. The narrative divulged both verbally and in writing, was to the effect that brooding over wrongs that he believed the Mummeys had done him, bred in Ryberg's mind a plan to kill theni He faltered, according to his signed statement, be fore executing this plan. .. . The story alleged to have been i y SMPOgSI (Chamber of Commerce In- vites Four as Special Guests Monday Noon Politicians will be funcd to take a back seat at the "chamber of commerce luncheon Monday when the meeting will be turned ovdr to four Salem poets, each of whom will be allowed five minutes to read her' favorite poem. All of those who will appear Monday are real, honest to goodness poets and have' had their contributions pub lished in national publications.' Gertrude Robinson Ross whose poeky :Jmum; been ftayy?ted,'by The Nation. Shadowland and Good Housekeeping; Clara Virginia Barton,"" who- has contributed - to Radio and Onandagan, published at Rochester, N. Y.; Audred Bunch, Willamette university stu dent jand society editor for the Oregon Statesman, whoso poems have been published in Vanity Fair and Lyric West and Odell Savage Ohling. whose play, "Joh" was published by the Baker Dra matic company, of Boston will be the guests of honor. j At the' speakers' table, which is reserved for women, will also be the three prize winners in the chamber of commerce windshield design contest.' Mrs. Gertrude J. M. Page will president the lunih eon as chairman of the day. Strengthens Grip on Life and Able to Take Nourishment I Physicians Report WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Senator Frank L. Green of Ver mont,; shot down a week ago by a stray bullet fired in a battle be tween prohibition -officers and sus pected1 bootleggers, apparently strengthened his grip on life to day! Physicians believed his condi tion .was better today than at any time 'since he was taken to the hospital although they said that no definite prognosis conld be made at this time. The senator is now taking nourishment. Three. Dead in Southwest, Because of Man's Anger j LAS CRUCES. N. M.. Feb. 22. i Jealousy because his sweetheart had accepted attentions from an other yonng man and( anger be cause her mother did not desire him to come to her home, are be lieved to have been the motives wbkh inspired Steve Walter, 21, to'' shoot and' kill Miss Blanche Kell, 17, and her mother, Mrs. John! "'Kelt, 40. and commit sui cide jat the. Kell. home, one mile south of this city today. The bodies of the three were found at 12:30 o'clock by a neigh bor.; .. t i , ' , ..: . - i SKKK ItAMHTS vVANCODVliR; B: Cl, Feb Police' were ' conducting a 22.- wlde search tonight for 'three armed automobile bandits. loiu oy ivyuerg uisciusuu ins uv Hef that the Mummeys had mis treated a baby which had been J awarded to Ryberg's wife when J she was divorced from him. Carried Cjasoliitc The tale ran that Ryberg left Seattle Tuesday night, went to the home of A. W. Earle, a neighbor of the Mummeys, remained until it was too late to do 'so longer, Started to return to $eattle, missed the car and then proceeded to the Mummey home. From the time he Jeft Seattle Ryberg, according to the confes sions given out by Sheriff. McCul loch, had with him a bottle of gasoline he had taken from Seattle. This gasoline he was related to have thrown, burning, into the house before seizing a shotgun and shooting Mrs. Mummey and grab bing the axe with which he in flicted six wounds on Mummey's head and broke one of the' old man's arms. i These st atemeutst cleared" f rottr suspicion a cowherd. lArthuf Weav er, 8 4 years old, who was arrested at Seattle a few hours before Ry berg. : Mummey, lying in a Seattle hos pital where he was said to have a fighting chance to live, had said after much incoherent talk, that he had recognized the face of Weaver. Asked by Sheriff McCul loch if it might have been Ry berg's face, Mummey had answer ed in 'the affirmative. The confessions which the sher iff attributed to Ryberg followed questioning based oh bits of evi dence that Mr. McCyUoch had gathered. The sheriff investigating Ry berg's stbry on his arrest in Se attle Wednesday night that he had walked the 15 miles from Seattle Heights to Seattle where he ar rived about two hours after the tragedy of the Mummeys was dis covered, had found that Austin Earl, a son of A. W. Earl, had seen Ryberg four miles south of Seattle' Heights an hour afterward. Stained Clothing Found In Ryberg's room In Seattle the sheriff found, he reported, a stain ed shirt and underclothing freshly washed. Ryberg offered a rusty pan used in washing garments as an explanation of the stains. But the sheriff said that the stains were in spots and not all over the clothing. These things, the sher iff related, caused him to believe that bones found in the basement of the. burned home were those of Mrs. 'Mummey. A statement given out by the sheriff as signed by Ry berg, read: , i "I went to A. W. Earl's house at Seattle Heights early: Tuesday eve ning. There were two others there with a' girl. I went there to see about work, as I was owing for alimony which was due. I visited and saw that it way getting late. They told me that Austin Earl would soon be home and that I should wait. I "When I left I went to the de pot to catch the car.' The depo Is one-half block away. The ear came up and let a man off. I was too late. I went back Inside the depot and waited duito' a while. I thought maybe there would be another car. L ! "Then I considered paying them back, the Mummeys' for what they had done. Yet -1 hesitated, j I thought what's the use. I did not want to be as mean as they. ' "Thoy had told me! how our baby was being treated. They said that Margaret (my wife V: couldn't get alonff wtth them, the Mummeys. I thought I would end everything for md and maybn help" Margaret and the baby. I thought and thought about it, ' I walked to" the crossroads and waitedf 1 thought I might get an automobile Unto (Continued on pago".4). 1 ffl B Another Amendment Wedded on Revenue Bill By House Democrat - Republican -Insurgent Group TAX.RkTURNS, SUBJECT . TO OFFICIAL INSPECTION Both' Changes Draw Fire From Republicans One Given Small Majority , WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.- The house tlemocratic-reimblkan in surgent coalition wedged another amendment into the revenue , bill today, niaking tax returns subject to inspection by certain congress ional committees. This amendment and another adopted by a one-vote margin opening corporation tax returns to inspection of state officials regard less of whether the state imposes an income tax as the law now re quires, developed the major con troversial issues of the day. Both amendments drew fire from the republicans. Representative Mills New York, charged that "this piecemeal destruction of the rev enue bill is not only leading to complete distortion of the meas ure but to destruction of the in come tax law itself." He asserted that the measure was being inadw an instrument of politics adding that "instead of bringing relief to the tax payers it Is going to harass them." Relief Claimed Representative wlngo, demo crat, Arkansas, in reply denied that amendments thus far adopt ed had done more than bring re lief to a greater numbr of tax pay ers, audlcclaied be would rathe be charged with political motives than personal iulerest in framiug a revenue bill." The republican stand served to defeat an amendment offered by Representative Moore, democrat, Virginia, which would have open ed personal as well as corporation returns to state officers. It was4 lost 122 to 74. Additional charges in the meas ures 'were" tentatively agreed upon at a meeting of some members of both parties of the ways and means committee. ThcBe would increase the estate or inheritance tax and impose a' gifjf tax. What rates will bo . proposed was not deter mined although the schedule ad vanced recently by Representative Ramseyer, Republican, Iowa, to make the maximum rate on the estate tax 40 per cent applying to the amount by -which the net es tate of a decedent exceeds $10, 000,000 was favored by a number of those who conferred. Representative Longworth, the republican leader, who yesterday advanced a new compromise on the income rate schedules as a substitute for the democratic rates already voted into the bill declar ed tonight he expected eight or nine of the 17 republicans who supported the democratic plan to vote for the substitute if an op portunity is afforded when the bill is up for a final vote. The repub ( Continued on page 3) ES ISSUE M eONESSlilEN Claims. Dau&hcrty Not Being Given Fair Chance By Republicans WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 Chair man Adams of the republican na tional committee tonight publicly took fcsue with those dt his party leaders in the senate who are de manding the immediate resigna tion of Attorney General Dangh erty. , "This is not the time," he said, in a formal statement, "to yield to the threats ot- those who are conducting this campaign of po litical terrorism or to the demands of those who are frightened by such methods." The republican party organiza tion, he declared, will -insist that no verdict of guilty shall be pro nounced until indisputable evi dence jf guilt has been produced. "The integrity of a former re publican cabinet of ficial .Jias been called into serious question be cause"he T accepted" nroney hlle In office' fromcertainoi! interests." 1 WAR'PISOftfeRS GIVEN HEARING BY OFFICIALS i 2i ,at Lieayeriworth Called'By Special Cleirtericy Board of Army LEAVENWORTH.' Kan.. Feb. 22. (By . the Associated Press). 'Twenty-four military prisoners were hear&at the .federal peni tentiary' here' today? by Major James Stanfleld and 'Major F. K. Ross, members of the special cle mency board appointed by the war department. Prisoners ap- peared before the board one by ppne, told why they sought clemen cy and detailed their plans for civilian' life. The names of the prisoners who appeared were withheld and the hearing itself was behind closed doors. The officers said their orders were to clear the case of each man in private without the pres ence of a stenographer. The ma jors made brief notes in longhand.1 Many of the prisoners submitted written 'statements. Court martial and prison records were available to the board members. ' Asked whether they would make a blanket recommendation Tor clemency, the amy officers merely pointed to: their orders", which ask for "a general and de tailed" report of the cases. Their reports, they said, would bo pre pared upon their return to Wash ington. Man's- Body Found in 'Snow Bank Woman Slain at His Home CHICAGO, Feb. 22. Breaking open the door' at the' home of John Imrfy, found dead today in' a roadside snowbank; near Argo, 111., police tonight discovered the body of a slain woman" lying on the- fiAor, a bullet"' through her forehead. Duffy's body, with 190 in the pockets of his clo4hes and a dia mond ring on one finger, was dis covered early today by a bus driver who notified -police. Pow der stains about the; three bullet holes in the left side of the head indicated he -had been shot at a short range. , Running down HuHy's home address police today watched the apartment through the greater part of the day. though no one entered or leH and a grocery or der delivered yesterday lay Un touched at the back door. To night the door was forced and the woman's body, as yet unidentified', was found. OPEN RAIL SWITCH Train Containing 25 Insane Passengers Derailed Panic Averted ' HUNTINGTON, N. V., Feb. 2 2;. Children playing at a,-, railroad siding near here today opened a switch through which an east bound Long Island railroad passen ger train ploughed into three cars of a stalled freight train, accord ing to information reaching road officials tonight. Twenty persons were Injured," none seriously, it was believed. Codlness of attendants averted a panic among 2o insane men and women in one of the passenger coaches who were being transfer red to the King's Park hospital from other institutions. f i- ?. . -i, ... ... t . ; EUGENE, Ore., Feb.,, 2 2. The University of Oregon will enter the basketball game again, the University of Idaho tomorrow night without Shafer, the stellar guard. Shafer Underwent an operation for appendicitis today. This cuts down the webfoot chances 'at a conference titleconsidcrably. It Is certain now that Chapman will play in-tomorrow night's game despite a bad knee which has bothered" him throughout the sea son and was" thought "f Or a time woulditccir'htm ont'Ior the cntlrr seasohr - - -1 1 Sfllfftl BASKETEER . Willi if OIL IN P President's Secretary to Be A rvlrnrJ! tn -TnAlilif Dninirl M honcu. m icdiHY n ci-cluing. Talks With McLean and Fall SUMMONS TO APPEAR . IS NOT UNEXPECTED No Formal Subpoena for Ap. pearapce Is Issued Will Testify Monday WASHINGTON, Feb. 2J. C. Bascoiu Sleinp, secretary to Presi dent CooliclRe, will be called as'a witness in the oir inquiry, proba bly next Monday. This was made known today by Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, who has, taken the lead in pressing the investigation, after he had returned unexpectedly to Washington from a vacation at Pinehurst, N. C. Mr. Slemp ' visited Palm' Beach last December at the time former Secretary Fall and. Edward B.' Mc Lean, publisher5 ot the Washing ton Post, were there and he proba bly will be asked if he talked with them about the oil scandal. Call Not. I'nexpirctcd Other members of the commit tee who concurred in the decision to call the president's secretary, said he might be questioned also ax. to 'whether he had talked with government officials or others mentioned in the oil cases since the beginning of the sensational disclosures which 'followed the testimony ot Archie Roosevelt on January 22. Apparently the news that he would be called .came as no. sur prise to Mr, Slemp. U was under-, stood that he had "Jjcen advised several days ago that some mem bers of the committee were of the opinion that he should be ques tioned. Upou learning of Senator Walsh's statement, Mr. Slemp communicated with friends at the capitol and wa3 told that no for mal subpoena for his appearance; had been issued. None may be. as in the usual course" high gov ernment officials simply are in vited to appear before the com mittee. The decision to call Mr. Slemp was only ohe development whfch' came out of hnrried conferences which Senator Walsh held with committeemen and his colleague, Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon tana, immediately upon reaching Jiis office. General procedure at the renew al of the public hearings next .Monday was discussed by Mr. Walsh and Chairman Lenroot and later it was stated that Mileton Ailcs, president of Riggs Natjonal bank" of Washington, probably would be the first witness Mon day. Senator Walsh declined to dis close the subject matter updn which he wllt.be questioned; but it is known that the committee de sires to have information from the records of the bank which might throw some light upon rumors re lated to those current in connec tion with supposed oil stock tiansactions by public officials. ' After the examination of Mr. Ailes and Mr. Slemp,. the commit tee probably will call in its expert accountants before proceeding with other witnesses. These ac countants have completed their audit of the books of W. B. Hibbs & Co.', a Washington stock broker age firm, and also of the books of the former Washington branch ot Ungerleider & Co., a Cleveland stock brokerage firm. Senator Walsh also said offi cials of the Federal Amcricau Na tional bank and the Commercial National bank, both of Washing- J toft, would be summoned in con nection with the testimony given by Mr. "McLean at Palm Bcaeh that he had 'given Fall checks ag gregating 1100,000 drawn on these banks, and which subse quently were returned to him un used. : "We shall pursue the inquiry with respect to these chocks." Senator Walsh said, "because the general belief is that this transac tion never did take place." Mr. McLean Is now in Washing ton under subpoena but the time hc wtll be called- before' the com mittee has not yet .been detcr- f mined. Senator Walsh said he had. conferred . last . Sunday 'with WUton J. Lambert, counsel for Mr. .McLean- . It may be that some further conference will be held before Mrr McLean lsr asfred" to appear, v - LL CAT DEATH PrbmiriHt Sale Blusin& fAkti1 Passes After Twojiays' IilnessAdtive in Civib Affairs President of' $kem Hospital 0'!---- Associated- in Hop Business Until1 Recently; Russell Catlin, prominent Salem man;- died last night at his home, on Chemeketa street," following art illness of only two days, -i . f r - -:!r'--?v Mr; Catlin had lived in Salem for 21 years terming here from4 New York state where" Her was born 63 yearar itgri last January. Besides his-widow; he is survived by a. daughter, Mrs. Frank Ifr Spears of Salem and a son, DavidOatlin ;of HolioTulu. Two grand'childrerin Salem also survive, and two sisters in the middle west. MisS Helen Robe" of Salernrisa niece and Charles Fake, .a: cousin; 1 t I Mr. Catlin was until five or six years ago in the hoptaisi ness in Salem and sinte that time has occupied himself look ing after his ranches in and near Satem. He1 ws the oWiier of the Gray biiildingr sometimes known1 as therCatlih biifldm which is occupied by;the Hartman Bros.Jewebr3r store.i Taking an active part in civic affairs Mr;? Catlirithas served ' for some time t as . president of Jth.9 'Salem: Hojpltel board, i He was. a member; of vtheSalem Rotaryjand.afco of , the local Elks lodge. As a member of the Episcopal church he served as vestryman of St. Paul'sJ j Plans for the funeral have riot beerr made; and RigdonjS Mortuary is in charge of the Searchers Fail to Gain Clew to Whereabouts oti Mrs, Mummey SEATTLE. Feb. 2 2;tione f rai ment taken from the'ruins of; the Joshua Mnmme'v home at Seattle Height, Tjear hefej b CoroheiH C n vivp! nn WodnRsdav were de clared by five" Seattle'; pbysfcians to be Darticlcs from two different bodies. A portion of the; bones wero littla more than ash while others still had burned' flesh ad hering to them, according to the physicians. The fire whitened bones tho' physicians said gave them' the appearance ot skeleton frazments lontr buried and bleach ed by time, while the others were readily' recognized as being j but recently burned. . . ; . "The fire started 'at1 6:30 a. ml. and when I arrived at 9 o'clock tho ashes were coll enough to walk upon," stated Coroner Pick el. Yet, the bones I recovered hardly filled more than one and one-half quart jars. "In my opinion the body was either dismembered and burned piece by piece; or tho head,; arms and legs must have been buried or hidden in the nearby duck pond and the torso burned in the kitclf en stove. I am the more inclined to the latter theory for the iron of tho stove was partially melted, indicating a fire reaching 2600 de grees, Fahrenheit. The most amazing part of the discovery of the bones is that no trace of Mrs. Mummey's skull or any other skull has been recovered. The skull is tho hardest portion'of the human, body to destroy, it taking from three to five houra to eradi cate In cremation." A chemical analysis of the bones will be made tomorrow. Committeemen in Washing, ton Notify Manager They. are Quitting . TAC-OMA; Wash., .--.Feb: 3?. George F. Christenscn; democratic national committeeman for Wash in eton. today in a letter to the Tacoma Ledger announced his re signation as manager of McAdoo's presidential campaign' ttf fethis state while William B. Coffee, of Tacoma. also declared that he had terminated his duties as president of the local McAdoo-for-PresIdent club. tlolh men asserted that their resignation --wens in no;; way caused by McAdoo's former -employment as attorney for1 the Po- heny oil interests, each ascribiffS reasons which leave- the presiden tial candidate and his supporters unembarrassed by their action al though the resignations .were "Variously- interpreted by factional loaders "of both- parUes beret - wiiuiiiiilEs lip XPEGIED i arrangements. Congressmen -and' Republi i can Organizatiorr;Disagree i About-Daugherty l . ; i WASHINGTON,4 Feb.' Marked diff erences ievelopd be tweea jeBublicahv aenatbra aij d the' republican -national; organisation K over the question of Attorney Ocin eraIDangbertrsf retirenVent,; front'" the cabinet today,? with : the iittdr ney" general' himself "cbhUhuing" 't" defy those" who would ' havft h1m resign:" '" 1. Chairman AdahU of the republi can national committee Informally expressed ' the ,vJew that denafrda of admiqlstration pleaders i the senate that President Coolldge fid Ii uncivil, . r"-. without a hearing were absurd, and he is known to have" cbmimuhl cated that view to tbe president. Later in a formal statemenr. ae tivtf " notice that thei '. republiea'n party organization would insist that Mh Dangherij- he prown rnlltV' of 'wronr dolng1)ef oi e any BentehcVb'e' lTonounced."; i l The jrepubllcan 1 national i,cha;ir- it tatlnfr his stand after cen- i sultation' with admeV of hia tadtls- crs at imrty headquattera. ipnged himself 'and the 'party organia tion . directly In opposition Jo the prevailing repnbllcan? sentintent' In i hiRPimtfl whichi as conveyed '.to lreBldent Coolldge WedneBay s by Senators Lodge of Massachusetts. the r?pnWlcati leader, and Pepper of Pennsylvania, , is- that Mr. Dangherty should retire. ,1 . , The-! agricultural : appropfiaUon bllt was1 reported to the house car rying C6.758.5I3.- ' .4 j: , ;Jfj3 ....-. f ";''"; r:j' 4' r. The' revenue bill waa1. amended In-the. house to .make tax xeturns available to special congressional ritnmlttees. : " '; ' 5 5 1 ., '.V J i Attoni-5ytieneral DaugheHyap pearetl'uneipectediyUn the Bnate and remained "alf an hour! in jjthe midst of his foes.' J I ' , C. Bascom Slemp, seer elrjf to president Coolldge',. will bej called before the -senate- oil) committee, probably Monday, it'waa itited. ! i s Senator Walsh! democrat! Mon tana; cut short his- southerh isit to"retttrn' to Washington' to : re sume bis work on the inquiry. ; I -j Chairman-Adams of the repub lican national committee declared the demand foi-Uorner' -general Daagherty's relirem'ent without in vestigation appeared absurL,rj f 1 j'9 , '3 COXFEREXCiri2NDfi T 5 Vi . GRANTS PASS. Or., Feb. Vz 2. Tne ocotCtmit conference bel- at Grants Pass came to an end hero . . - ' ,J FRIDAY irl. : : t.WASIGTjOfi; . - r -